The following books, CD-Roms, and web resources provide quick access
to information compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, and can serve as a guide
to identifying appropriate primary Census publications for further research.
www.census.gov
Full access to all 2000 and 1990 census data through
American Factfinder, current estimates and projections, library of decennial
Census publications and reports, and data from all other programs administered
by the Census Bureau.
United States Historical
Census Data Browser
Browse demographic, social, and economic data from
the 1790 through 1970 U.S Censuses.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: The National Data Book
(Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census)
Print locations:
Babbidge Federal Documents
Level B: C 3.134: (1878- )
Babbidge Reference: HA 202
.S72 (latest two years)
Presents a broad range of data from Census Bureau and other federal
statistical sources, and private-sector data. As with all of the sources
listed here, detailed source notes list the primary publications from which the data was derived.
County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book
(Washington, DC: Bernan Press)
Locations:
Babbidge Reference: HA 203
C682 (2002 - latest year)
Current statistical information
for states, counties, metropolitan areas, congressional districts, and
cities with populations of 25,000 or more. Subjects covered include current
population, vital statistics (births and deaths), health statistics, crime,
education, income, construction, labor, agriculture, manufactures, wholesale
& retail trade, federal funds, and government finances. Many
of these subject areas are also expressed in color thematic maps, and in
tables of Area Rankings.
Places, Towns, and Townships
(Washington, DC: Bernan Press)
Locations:
Babbidge Reference: HA 203 P63 (2003 - latest year)
Babbidge general collection level 2: HA 203 P63 (1998)
Current population estimates for all census Places, including Connecticut towns (census designated places and minor civil divisions), numbers of housing units, manufactures, retail trade, and service industry data for incorporated places with populations of 2,500 or more, and statistics on land area, population, households, employment, crime, construction, and local government finance for Incorporated
Places and Minor Civil Divisions of 10,000 or more population.
Connecticut Town Profiles (1996-97 to current available online)
(Hartford, CT: Connecticut Department of Economic
and Community Development, Public and Government Relations Division, Research
Section)
Locations:
Babbidge Reference Desk:
HA 285 C66 (1998/99)
Babbidge Reference: HA 285
C66 (1996/97)
Babbidge Connecticut Documents
Level B: 7-Ec7/3.16: 992/993
Demographic, economic, education, government, housing,
labor force, and quality of life statistics for towns, counties, and Economic
Development Region. Mix of Census Bureau statistics, and privately-produced
research center estimates and projections.
Datapedia of the United States 1790-2000
(Kurian, George Thomas. 1994: Bernan Press)
Location:
Babbidge Reference: HA 202
K87 1994)
Historical and current census
and other federal data. Subjects: population, vital statistics and
health, migration, labor, national income and wealth, consumer income and
expenditures, social statistics, land, water and climate, agriculture,
forestry and fisheries, minerals, construction and housing, manufactures,
transportation, communications, energy, distribution and services, international
transactions and foreign commerce, business enterprise, productivity and
technological development, financial markets and institutions, and government.
Based on Historical Statistics of the United States from Colonial Times,
with additional tables from Statistical Abstracts of the United States
and other sources for 1970-2000.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to
1970
(Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census)
Location:
Babbidge Reference: HA 202
B7 1976
Time-series statistics on population, labor, industries,
the environment, government, and economic subjects. As with Statistical
Abstract of the United States, this set serves dual purposes: it presents
collected data, and refers the user to primary sources of more detailed
data.
County and City Data Book
(Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census)
Locations:
Babbidge Reference: HA 202
A36 (2000)
Babbidge Federal Documents
Level B C 3.134/2: C 83/2/ (1949, 1952, 1956, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1983,
1988, 1993-1994 )
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